Installing the appliance in a rack
Use the procedures in this section to install the appliance in a rack. The rails are for a 19 in. (48.26 cm)
rack. The appliance ships with a slide rail kit and a shipping bracket kit. The contents of the slide rail kit
are required to install the appliance. You can use the shipping bracket kit if you plan to transport the rack
cabinet to another location. If any of the items listed below are not included in your shipment, contact
your place of purchase.
The slide rail kit includes the following parts:
v
Two (2) slide rails
v
Four (4) screws (M6) to secure the brackets to the appliance
v
Two (2) screws (10-32)
The shipping bracket kit includes the following parts:
v
Two (2) shipping brackets (left and right)
v
Four (4) cage nuts
v
Four (4) clip nuts
v
Four (4) screws (M6)
Installing rails in the rack frame
Note:
If the slide rails in your rack installation kit came with shipping thumbscrews, remove them
before you start installing the appliance.
To install your appliance in the rack cabinet, complete the following steps:
1.
Open the front slide rail latches, as shown in Figure 1 on page 2.
a.
Notice that each slide rail is marked with either an R (right) or an L (left).
b.
Select one of the slide rails and push up on the front moveable tab
1
; then, pull out the front
latch
2
.
c.
If a thumbscrew is installed in the slide rail
3
, remove the thumbscrew.
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